Tom Petty Estate & Third Man Records Share New Petty Bootleg

Tom Petty. Photo: Dennis Callahan

The Tom Petty Estate and Third Man Records have collaborated to share a rare Petty bootleg performance, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Live In Edinburgh 1982: The Gennaro Tapeson 29 Nov.

Recorded with house sound mixer Gennaro Rippo and recorded at the band’s show in Edinburgh, Scotland in the fall of 1982, the unique recording shows a raw era-defining moment in the band’s career as they toured their album, Long after dark, and will be available in a limited vinyl pressing of 7,000 copies.

The project is inspired by Third Man Records Jack White and Ben Blackwell, longtime fans of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers and their enthusiasm to hear something raw and unpolished from the band in this golden era. The release marks the first and only Petty live recording untouched since the day it was recorded, pressed straight from cassette to vinyl. The band enjoyed listening to the cassette tapes after shows in what they would affectionately call “Gennaro’s Hawaiian Disco”, which often gave him the presidential suite at the hotel where the band could hang out and listen every night.

The previously unreleased show is available as a three-disc compilation in three unique colors, including Tom Petty Store-exclusive turquoise vinyl, Third Man Records Store-exclusive maroon reverse splatter, and indie retail-exclusive orange cloth.

The Gennaro Tapes rounds out the look at the 1982 collection of archival recordings and music shared by the Tom Petty Estate this year. Cameron Crowes documentary, Heartbreakers Beach Party and Long After Dark Deluxe Editionincluded 45 minutes of rediscovered music, and Petty’s unearthed original single from the deluxe edition, “Never Be You,” is out now with a new video created and directed by animator Jeff Scher.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Live in Edinburgh 1982: The Gennaro Tapes Track List:
PAGE A
1. “American Girl”
2. “Listen to Her Heart”
3. “One Thing About You”
4. “You’ve Been Lucky”

SIDE B
5. “I need to know”
6. “Don’t Make Me Like That”
7. “I’m in Love”
8. “Change Of Heart”
9. “Louie Louie”

PAGE C
10. “Straight Into Darkness”
11. “Stories We Could Tell”
12. “Louisiana Rain”

PAGE D
13. “One Story Town”
14. “A Woman in Love (That’s Not Me)”
15. “King’s Road”

PAGE E
16. “Partition”
(Hit The Road Jack Interlude)
17. “Escape”

PAGE F
18. “Shout”
19. “So You Wanna Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star”
20. “All Things Rock ‘n’ Roll”

A staff writer at MusicRow magazine, Hollabaugh has over 20 years of music industry experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She holds a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at [email protected].

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